Aspilia natalensis (Sond.) Wild

Species

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Characteristics

Perennial herb, up to 0.5 m high; straggling, branching, rhizomatous, erect or decumbent, scabrous-pilose; stems leafy. Leaves opposite, sessile or subsessile, elliptic to narrowly ovate, margins subentire to serrate. Capitula radiate, terminal and solitary; involucre ovoid, campanulate or hemispherical; bracts in 2 or 3 rows, outer herbaceous. Receptacle convex or somewhat conical, paleate; paleae conduplicate, enfolding disc florets. Ray florets neuter or female, sterile; corolla strap-shaped, patent, conspicuous, orange, yellow, white. Disc florets bisexual, fertile; corolla same colour as ray florets, tubular, dilated above, 5-fid. Anthers obtuse or very shortly sagittate at base, apical appendage triangular. Flowering time July? Pappus a laciniate cupule. Cypselae narrowly oblong-obovoid, bilaterally compressed.
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A straggling, branching, rhizomatous perennial herb, erect or decumbent, up to c. 0.5 m tall, scabrous-pilose, stems leafy. Leaves opposite, sessile or subsessile, up to 12 x 3 cm, elliptic to narrowly ovate, margins subentire to serrate. Heads solitary, terminal, pedunculate, up to c. 4 cm across the expanded rays. Outer involucral bracts herbaceous, more or less oblong or elliptic, obtuse or subacute, scabrid, inner bracts papery, mostly with broad rounded tips but variable on the same plant. Rays and disc yellow. Achenes c. 6 mm long, narrowly oblong-obovate, thinly appressed-hairy, crowned with a very small laciniate cupule.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
Growth support free-standing
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Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Mature height (meter) 0.5
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Environment

Light -
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Soil texture 5-6
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Hardiness (USDA) 9-12

Usage

Uses medicinal
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Cultivation

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Distribution

Aspilia natalensis world distribution map, present in Angola, Mozambique, South Africa, Zambia, and Zimbabwe

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:180443-1
WFO ID wfo-0000083015
COL ID HJ4X
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
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Synonyms

Aspilia fontinalis Aspilia welwitschii Wedelia katangensis Wedelia natalensis Aspilia kakondensis Aspilia natalensis Aspilia monocephala Wedelia instar Aspilia welwitschii var. welwitschii Aspilia welwitschii var. serrata Seruneum natalense